Short Penury Poems

The only source of a State's wealth
Lies in woeful scences
Of penury, Abduction,
Pollution and rebelion....

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Wealth often brags,but it's not he.
Penury humbly sat,beneath him.
           On the last day
Wealth and penury,perish be.
c.2017...

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Penury is defined as extreme poverty
or destitution, as the case may be
and though temporary it can be harsh –
depending on how slow one gets off his arsh....

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Penury is defined as extreme poverty
or destitution, as the case may be
and though temporary it can be harsh –
depending on how slow one gets off his arsh....

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If lies are told to save,
Will sin be judged at the grave?
Smile darling! The winsome homely,
You never change; your hair needs no tatting,
So in penury, your short smile you gave....

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Let's look for the value of X and Y 
from the body language of this lovers
.
.
One day,
A girl fell in love through 
a man's wealth in the dark
Later,
She fell out through his penury
In the hot craving noon sun
and gave her face to bruises.



Yours Poetically,
©John Chizoba Vincent...

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Wye, 2 Konfabulation
 



Come folk; gather to my proboscis 
And hark to my impending psychosis. 
Tonight is December thirty-fust, 
Something is about to bust. 
\The clock is crouching, ready to pounce; 
Of pity it'll not give an ounce. 
This way comes rapacity, penury. 
Duck, here comes another century....

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CLATTERS OF PAIN

Have you heard it?
Sufferings embroiled of clatters 
Clatters of misery in penury
I mean deafening clatters of pain
Not again! Again ! Not Again!
Enmass, we can stop this clatter
Turn it into clatters of revenge
Organize our fury for their funeral 
We then lit fire of freedom.  


Alayande Stephen T.
2.33am
14th October, 2007...

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In my pain, I have gained
In my shame, I got a name
In my loss, I never was lost
In my penury, I went through the refinery-
              there my destiny was revealed

 And who would have thought all along that a slob from the slum could have the 
guts to leave the ruts to be a king with a ring on a throne and cant be dethroned 
by any imaginable human effort....

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Weeping the eyes out everyday
Wailing in every house all night
When will these have to stop?
What is so powerful
That even the king fear?
Anonymous creature
Breaking the lion hearts
O you taker of life!
What err has been done to you
For us to deserve these incongruities
Incognito serpent you are
Fiercer than privation
Penury is incomparable
This must really be our fate!...

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The fame of glory,
They told me,
Our old father's story,
We were told we are holy,
Living the same life,
We are living stingy,
In penury we are happy,
What a pity!!!
Dirty gifts becomes an embraced thing,
Poverty reigns,
Injustice a king we behold,
Scolded truth in tune,
We were fooled,
That's the only way out,
Dishonesty the rule,
A way of life,
To a sound of their mind....

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Fever :-
pale trembling body
mind leaking flames of fire -
love fever conquered




Break-up :-
the springs of my eyes
glared my sight and in silence
he walked away.




Rich Man :-
in great penury
he twinkles in happiness –
rich man in disguise.


Won second place in STRAND SELECT 12 any form,any theme Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand...

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November’s Saint

I watch Truman’s Capote's tale
in November
the south, trapped in frost
bare, naked to the eye

a penury of snow
like poor folk clothes
hardly enough to cover
the jagged edges of bones.

a boy eking out love
as a winter bird
searches for warmth
huddled against the wind.

days sad and drab
the only colour in paper kites
and dime movies
shared with a friend....

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Vehemently, I pray
God make me a way
So my leg will  walk to that place 
Where I can save my poor face 
From a heart-wrenching ridicule 
And from their mouth, unending spittle 

Wash my head, if it'd been cussed 
Forgive my transgression, if that be the cause
I desire fortune to live my life
Oh Lord I plead, end my strive 
Bless my unfortunate soul,
And make penury my foe

I pray!...

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Sicknesses and sorrows are rough and painful
Death is free,smooth and beautiful
No shame,no serious worry to become successful.

Sicknesses and sorrows are rough and painful
My heart detests these and penury in full
I prefer to sleep and rest in blissful peace.

Sicknesses and sorrows are rough and painful
Death is free, smooth and beautiful.





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Autumn and Winter are cold; but hope of warmth comes with SPRING
Folks in life are often anxious over what a new experience will BRING
Life often comes with different challenges; similar to moves of a SWING
High and low; up and down; wealth and penury; hold loosely or CLING
People believe that saving should be done during plenty; avoid BLING
This teaching of prudent spending are wisely passed to the OFFSPRING

© Wole Popoola 2016...

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Creativity let his mind go vibrant,
this shape,
this letter,
this color,
this emotion,
this scene,
this architecture,
and all this conjecture,
about them,
and about all of them,
one day something snapped,
he had his income stopped,
he wanted but could not,
he rared but empty pockets,
were bared,
he fought hard for days,
still no hope of rays,
penury and starvation,
had dried all juices,
whether they were mundane,
or creativity ruses....

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